Militarisation is the social process through which societies are organised in ways that allow for the production of violence. According to the feminist writer Cynthia Enloe, militarisation describes a process through which individuals come to view militaristic ideas and military needs as being significant and the norm.

Ozmodan wrote on Apr 30, 2012, 10:37:Now that is some truly way out thinking. Sorry I have to disagree, if anything, it is heading the opposite way. Sometimes you have to wonder how people make up these ideas and then actually believe in them.

Are you replying to Avianflu or to the claim in the article that society as a whole is undergoing militarization?